Madeline Beasley & Dinah Saxby

Madeline Beasley and Dinah Saxby have been singing together now for about three years. They first met at the vocal workshop at the Devonport Bunker run by Beverley Young.

Their repertoire encompasses traditional British folk songs, often sung without accompaniment, to more modern American pieces by, for example, The Dixie Chicks and Gillian Welch, using guitar and other accompanying musicians.

Their main strengths are in their vocal harmonies and in the blending of their voices.

In May they performed their first set at the Devonport Bunker to a packed and very appreciative audience. They will be joined once again by friends on fiddle, double bass and various percussion instruments.

Florabunda

Come and be a part of a night with NZs premier acapella folk music trio

(with special guests Jean Reid, Terry Free & Ian Bartlett).

They’ll give you a night to remember.

The evening opens with a set from Ride Easy - the fast rhythms of bluegrass and singing harmony. Ride Easy are:-

Henry Plant ~ Vocals/Guitar

- took up the trumpet at the age of 12. Fell in love with bluegrass and tried to get find a bluegrass band that wanted a trumpet and eventually gave up and took up guitar.

Linda Hefford ~ Vocals / Fiddle

– Aged 7 Linda started the violin. After years of classical violin and choral work discovered that bluegrass and Celtic music makes her smile. She loves singing harmony and playing fiddle at breakneck speed.

Miles Shepheard ~ Vocals / Mandolin

- began playing folk music in Christchurch in the early ‘60s, performing regularly in coffee bars and concerts. In the late 80’s and 90’s Miles began playing mandolin . He is currently performing a range of music, particularly folk and bluegrass.

Lloyd Wheeler ~ Guitar

- played bass and guitar in rock bands in the past and also released 2 instrumental guitar albums, (Rags to Riches and Restoration) which receive radio play and distribution both in NZ and overseas. He is currently performing folk and bluegrass in ensembles.

Jeremy Klinger ~ Double-bass / Banjo

- has been playing bluegrass for over 20 years and has been in a number of bluegrass lineups including Bad Bailey and the Boys, the Henrys, and Worried Man.

8.00PM

Saturday

November 29th

Admission$10.00

Under 18s Free.

The Club was conceived in 1965 when the Clancy Brothers didn't come and someone had the
astounding idea of having a sing-a-round thus transforming an audience into a folk group.
Formally established in 1966 we're still going strong.